squidnoun [ C or U ]
uk/skwɪd/us/skwɪd/plural squida sea creature with a long body and ten arms situated around the mouth, or this animal eaten as food
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Sea creatures
- abalone
- amphipod
- barnacle
- bivalve
- cephalopod
- crab
- crayfish
- crustacean
- cuttlefish
- echinoderm
- mollusc
- mussel
- octopus
- oyster
- periwinkle
- shipworm
- shrimp
- starfish
- teredo
- trilobite
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Examples from literature
- A giant squid fights a whale.
- Instead of the fish they were hoping for, they caught a 13-meter-long squid, the biggest ever found!
- Its mouth, however, was a lot smaller than those of other squids that have been found.
- So, although it is the biggest squid ever caught, this squid could probably have grown even bigger!
- Today, we think krakens were really giant squids.